UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 6-K

 

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16

UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Month of August 2022

Commission File Number: 001-37993

 

 

OBSEVA SA

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

 

 

Chemin des Aulx, 12

1228 Plan-les-Ouates

Geneva, Switzerland

(Address of principal executive office)

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:

☒  Form 20-F            ☐  Form 40-F

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):  ☐

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):  ☐

 

 

 


INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

This Report on Form 6-K shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the registration statements on Form F-3, as amended (No. 333-221462, 333-233069, 333-260974 and 333-262820) of ObsEva SA (including any prospectuses forming a part of such registration statements) and the registration statements on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-216170, 333-231629 and 333-249457 and 333-263234) of ObsEva SA and to be a part thereof from the date on which this report is filed, to the extent not superseded by documents or reports subsequently filed or furnished.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

On July 31, 2022, ObsEva SA (the “Company”) entered into an amendment and forbearance agreement (the “Amendment”) with certain funds and accounts managed by JGB Management, Inc. (“JGB”), in relation to the Company’s amended and restated securities purchase agreement (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”), deemed dated as of October 12, 2021, that certain Senior Secured Convertible Note due October 12, 2024, in the aggregate original principal amount of $31,496,063 (the “First Tranche Note”), and that certain Senior Secured Convertible Note due January 28, 2025, in the aggregate original principal amount of $10,500,000 (the “Second Tranche Note” and together with the First Tranche Note, the “Outstanding Notes”, and together with the Securities Purchase Agreement and ancillary agreements thereto, the “Transaction Agreements”), with JGB. Prior to entering into the Amendment, the Company’s previously announced application to the courts of competent jurisdiction of the Swiss canton of Geneva for a preliminary moratorium resulted, and/or may result, in certain events of default under the Outstanding Notes (the “Events of Default”).

Pursuant to the Amendment, the Company and JGB agreed to apply the $31,000,436 cash balance of the Company (the “Account Balances”) previously held in a control account in accordance with the Transaction Agreements against the Outstanding Notes on a pro rata basis, and JGB waived any application of a 25% prepayment premium permitted under the Outstanding Notes with respect to the Account Balances. In addition, JGB has agreed to refrain and forebear from exercising or pursuing any rights or remedies under the Transaction Agreements with respect to the Events of Default until the earlier to occur of (i) October 29, 2022, (ii) the occurrence of any event of default under the Transaction Agreements (other than the Events of Default), and (iii) the date upon which a preliminary moratorium has been granted by the courts of competent jurisdiction of the Swiss canton of Geneva. In exchange for the waiver of the prepayment penalty and forbearance on exercising such rights and remedies, $1,500,000 was added to the outstanding principal balance under the Outstanding Notes, resulting in an aggregate outstanding balance of approximately $11,000,000 under the Outstanding Notes, the conversion price of the Outstanding Notes was adjusted to a conversion price of $0.26 per share (subject to adjustment as provided in the Outstanding Notes) and the Company’s right to mandatory conversion of any convertible notes issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, including the Outstanding Notes, was terminated. In addition, JGB is no longer obligated to fund any future mandatory or optional tranche closing under the Securities Purchase Agreement. Except as provided herein and in the Amendment, the terms of the Transaction Agreements remained unchanged.

A copy of the Amendment is attached as Exhibit 99.2 hereto, and is incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing description of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such exhibit.

On August 1, 2022, the Company issued a press release announcing that it had entered into the Amendment. A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 6-K and incorporated by reference herein.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Statements in this Form 6-K that are not strictly historical in nature, including but not limited to, statements regarding the potential impact of the Amendment and the Company’s planned restructuring and application to the Swiss court for a preliminary moratorium. These statements are only predictions based on current information and expectations and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual events or results may differ materially from those projected in any of such statements due to various factors, including risks and uncertainties in the outcome and potential impact of the Company’s filing for preliminary moratorium, including with respect to the Company’s agreements with third parties, including the Amendment and the Transaction Agreements, and in the Company’s ability to successfully restructure its operations and refocus its development and commercialization strategy, and other risks and uncertainties that are described in the Risk Factors section of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2021 filed with SEC on March 10, 2022 and in the Report on Form 6-K filed with the SEC on May 17, 2022 and other filings the Company makes with the SEC. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. This caution is made under the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement and the Company undertakes no obligation to revise or update this report to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof, except as required by law.


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
No.
  

Description

99.1    Press Release dated August 1, 2022.
99.2    Amendment and Forbearance Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2022, by and among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Holder.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

    ObsEva SA
Date: August 1, 2022     By:  

/s/ Brian O’Callaghan

      Name Brian O’Callaghan
      Title: Chief Executive Officer

Exhibit 99.1

ObsEva Announces $31 million Debt Retirement and $11 million Debt Refinancing

Ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 LR of the SIX Swiss Exchange

GENEVA, Switzerland – August 1, 2022 – ObsEva SA (NASDAQ: OBSV; SIX: OBSN), a biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapies for women’s health, today announced the early retirement of $31 million in debt that was part of amounts owed to certain funds and accounts managed by JGB Management, Inc. (JGB) pursuant to the Company’s Securities Purchase Agreement with JGB. Additionally, the Company has entered into an amendment and forbearance agreement with respect to the outstanding debt held by JGB.

Under the terms of the agreement, ObsEva and JGB agreed to apply the $31 million cash previously held as collateral in a control account against the outstanding convertible notes on a pro rata basis, with JGB waiving a 25% prepayment penalty on the early debt retirement. In addition, JGB has agreed to forbear for a period of up to three months from enforcing any rights or remedies under the notes in connection with certain events of default by the Company in connection with the Company’s prior announced application to the Swiss court for a preliminary moratorium to facilitate the Company’s planned restructuring. In exchange, $1.5 million was added to the outstanding principal balance under the notes, resulting in an aggregate of approximately $11 million of convertible notes outstanding, and the conversion price of the notes was adjusted to a conversion price of $0.26 per share. Further information with respect to the agreement will be provided in a Form 6-K filed by ObsEva with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 1, 2022.

About ObsEva

ObsEva is a biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapies to improve women’s reproductive health and pregnancy. Through strategic in-licensing and disciplined drug development, ObsEva has established a clinical pipeline with development programs focused on new therapies for the treatment of preterm labor and improving clinical pregnancy and live birth rates in women undergoing in vitro fertilization. ObsEva is listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market and is traded under the ticker symbol “OBSV” and on the SIX Swiss Exchange where it is traded under the ticker symbol “OBSN”. For more information, please visit www.ObsEva.com

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Any statements contained in this press release that do not describe historical facts may constitute forward-looking statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements may be identified by words such as “anticipate”, “believe”, “continue”, “could”, “estimate”, “expect”, “intend”, “may”, “might”, “ongoing”, “objective”, “plan”, “potential”, “predict”, “should”, “will”, “would”, or the negative of these and similar expressions, and are based on ObsEva’s current beliefs and expectations. These statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such statements. These forward-looking statements


include statements regarding the potential impact of the Company’s amendment and forbearance agreement with JGB and the Company’s planned restructuring and application to the Swiss court for a moratorium. Risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially include uncertainties in the outcome and potential impact of the Company’s filing for a court-sanctioned moratorium, including with respect to ObsEva’s agreements with third parties, including the Company’s Securities Purchase Agreement with JGB and the outstanding convertible notes and warrants issued pursuant to such agreement, in ObsEva’s ability to successfully restructure its operations and refocus the Company’s development and commercialization strategy, and to cooperate with Kissei or other third parties on the completion of the linzagolix extension studies, in the conduct of clinical trials and clinical development, including the risk that the results of earlier clinical trials may not be predictive of the results of later stage clinical trials, related interactions with regulators, including interactions with the FDA during the New Drug Application process for linzagolix, ObsEva’s reliance on third parties over which it may not always have full control, and the capabilities of such third parties, the impact of the ongoing novel coronavirus outbreak and other geopolitical events, and other risks and uncertainties that are described in the Risk Factors section of ObsEva’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2021 filed with Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on March 10, 2022, in the Report on Form 6-K filed with the SEC on May 17, 2022 and other filings ObsEva makes with the SEC. These documents are available on the Investors page of ObsEva’s website at www.ObsEva.com. Any forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release and are based on information available to ObsEva as of the date of this release, and, except as required by law, ObsEva assumes no obligation to, and does not intend to, update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

For further information, please contact:

CEO Administrative Contact

Shauna Dillon

shauna.dillon@obseva.ch

+41 22 552 1550

Investor Contact

Katja Buhrer

katja.buhrer@obseva.com

+1 (917) 969-3438

Exhibit 99.2

AMENDMENT AND FORBEARANCE AGREEMENT

This Amendment and Forbearance Agreement (the “Agreement”), dated as of July 31, 2022, is made by and between JGB (Cayman) Port Ellen Ltd., in its capacity as Holder (the “Holder”), ObsEva SA, a Swiss stock corporation (the “Company”) and each of ObsEva USA Inc., ObsEva Ireland Ltd., and ObsEva Europe B.V., as subsidiary guarantors (collectively, the “Subsidiary Guarantors”, and together with the Company, the “Company Parties”).

WHEREAS, the Holder and the Company are parties to that certain Amended and Restated Securities Purchase Agreement, deemed dated as of October 12, 2021 (as the same may be amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its provisions, the “SPA”), whereby, among other things, (i) the Company has issued to the Holder, and the Holder has acquired from the Company, that certain Senior Secured Convertible Note due October 12, 2024, in the aggregate original principal amount of $31,496,063 (the “First Tranche Note”), and that certain Senior Secured Convertible Note due January 28, 2025, in the aggregate original principal amount of $10,500,000 (the “Second Tranche Note” and together with the First Tranche Note, the “Outstanding Notes” and each an “Outstanding Note”), (ii) each of the Subsidiary Guarantors have executed that certain Corporate Guaranty, dated October 12, 2021, pursuant to which each such Subsidiary Guarantor guaranteed, among other things, payment of the Obligations (as defined in such Corporate Guaranty), and (iii) Company and Holder, as assignee and security agent, have entered into that certain Amended and Restated Account Assignment Agreement, dated as of June 14, 2022 (the “Account Assignment Agreement”);

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Account Assignment Agreement, the Company assigned to Holder for security purposes a deposit account maintained with UBS Switzerland AG (“UBS”) with IBAN CH68 0024 0240 9662 4660 G (the “Account”);

WHEREAS, Holder, the Company and UBS are parties to a Control Agreement dated October 12, 2021 (the “Control Agreement”) with respect to the Account;

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Corporate Guaranty (the “Guaranty”) dated October 12, 2021, by and among the Purchaser and the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Subsidiary Guarantors have guaranteed payment and performance of all of the Company’s obligations under the Outstanding Notes;

WHEREAS, the Holder is the holder of (x) a Common Stock Purchase Warrant to purchase 1,634,877 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value CHF 1/13 per share (the “Common Stock”), at an exercise price of $3.67 per share and having an expiration date of October 12, 2025 (the “First Warrant”), and (y) a Common Stock Purchase Warrant to purchase 1,018,716 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $1.87 per share and having an expiration date of January 28, 2026 (the “Second Warrant” and together with the First Warrant, the “Warrants” and each a “Warrant”);


WHEREAS, Events of Default have occurred and are continuing under Section 8(a)(vi) (to state in writing to be unable to pay its debts as they fall due and seeking the granting of a preliminary moratorium (sursis proviso ire) by the courts of competent jurisdiction of the Swiss canton of Geneva ) and Section 8(a)(xvii) (the occurrence of a Material Adverse Effect) and an Event of Default may occur under Section 8(a)(viii) (failure to be listed on a Trading Market) of the Outstanding Notes, in each case, as a result of the matters disclosed in the Company’s July 27, 2022 press release (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/obseva-announces-corporate-updates-110000457.html) (the “Subject Defaults”).

WHEREAS, the parties now desire to enter into this Agreement to, among other things, amend the Outstanding Notes pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth herein.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises set forth above and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

 

  1.

Definitions. Capitalized terms used and not defined in this Agreement shall have the respective meanings given such terms in the SPA.

 

  2.

Certain Acknowledgements. Holder and the Company Parties acknowledge and agree that:

 

  a.

the Outstanding Notes, the Warrants, the SPA, the Guaranty, the Account Assignment Agreement, the Control Agreement and the other Transaction Documents are legal, valid, binding and enforceable against the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors in accordance with their terms;

 

  b.

each Company Party’s respective obligations under the Outstanding Notes and the other Transaction Documents (the “Obligations”) are not subject to any setoff, deduction, claim, counterclaim or defenses of any kind or character whatsoever;

 

  c.

the Subject Defaults have occurred and are continuing and, as a result, Holder is entitled to immediate payment of the Obligations and to exercise rights and remedies under the Outstanding Notes and the other Transaction Documents;

 

  d.

notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Transaction Document, Holder shall not be obligated to purchase Notes at any Mandatory Tranche Closing or any Optional Tranche Closing or to otherwise extend any credit to the Company pursuant to any of the Transaction Documents; provided, any representations and warranties of the Company pursuant to the SPA that are deemed given as of a Mandatory Tranche Closing Date or Optional Tranche Closing Date shall not be so given if Purchaser declines to purchase Notes at such Mandatory Tranche Closing or Optional Tranche Closing; and

 

  e.

Holder has fully and timely performed all of its obligations and duties in compliance with the Transaction Documents and applicable law, and has acted reasonably, in good faith and appropriately under the circumstances.


  3.

Actions with Respect to the Account. Holder has pursuant to the Control Agreement instructed UBS to deliver the entire Account Balances (as defined in the Account Assignment Agreement) to an account of Holder (the “Holder Instructions”). Holder hereby confirms receipt of the entire Account Balances in an aggregate amount equal to $31,000,436.55. The Account Balances have been applied by Holder to the principal balances of the Outstanding Notes as set forth in the table below. No Prepayment Premium (as defined in the Outstanding Notes) will be payable and Holder hereby waives any Prepayment Premium in connection with the application of the Account Balances to the principal balances of the Outstanding Notes and, in consideration thereof, an amount equal to $1,500,000 will be added to the outstanding principal balance of the First Tranche Note (“Additional Principal”).

 

Outstanding Note

   Current
Outstanding
Principal
Balance of
Note
     Amount of
Account

Balances
Applied to
Current
Outstanding
Principal

Balance of Note
     Amount of
Additional
Principal
     Remaining
Outstanding
Balance
 

First Tranche Note

   $ 31,496,063      $ 25,000,436.55      $ 1,166,461.43      $ 7,662,087.88  

Second Tranche Note

   $ 9,006,000      $ 6,000,000      $ 333,538.57      $ 3,339,538.57  

 

  4.

Amendments to Outstanding Notes. Effective on the date hereof, each of the Holder and the Company Parties agree

 

  a.

that Section 4(a)(v) of each Outstanding Note shall be amended and restated in its entirety and replaced with the following:

“(b) Conversion Price. The conversion price shall be equal to $0.26, subject to adjustment as provided herein (the “Conversion Price”).”

 

  b.

that Article I of the Outstanding Notes is hereby amended by deleting the definitions of “Mandatory Conversion Date”, “Mandatory Conversion Event”, Mandatory Conversion Notice” and “Mandatory Conversion Notice Date” and Section 4(a)(ii) and Section 4(a)(iv) of the Outstanding Notes and Section 4.18 of the SPA are each hereby amended and restated and replaced with the following:

Intentionally Omitted”.

 

  5.

[Reserved].


  6.

Forbearance. Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 9 below, Holder agrees, (i) with respect to the Subject Defaults (but only the Subject Defaults), that it will refrain and forebear from exercising or pursuing any rights or remedies (other than as set forth in Sections 2(e) and 3 above) under the Outstanding Notes or any other Transaction Document until (but only until) the Forbearance Termination Date (defined below), and (ii) with respect to any interest that has accrued and is owing as of the date hereof and any interest that shall accrue and be payable from the date hereof until the Forbearance Termination Date, Holder agrees that such interest shall be deferred and not payable until the first Business Day following the Forbearance Termination Date. The Company agrees that until such time that any such accrued and unpaid interest is paid in cash, the Holder may convert such accrued and unpaid interest into shares of Common Stock in accordance with Article IV of the Outstanding Notes. Any term or provision hereof to the contrary notwithstanding, Holder is not waiving any of its rights or remedies under the Outstanding Notes or any other Transaction Document, but instead is simply agreeing not to take remedial action (other than as set forth in Sections 2(e) and 3 above) with respect to the Subject Defaults until the Forbearance Termination Date.

The “Forbearance Termination Date” shall mean the earlier of (i) October 29, 2022, (ii) the date when Holder becomes aware that any Event of Default (other than the Subject Defaults) has occurred and is continuing, and (iii) the date upon which a preliminary moratorium (sursis proviso ire) has been granted by the courts of competent jurisdiction of the Swiss canton of Geneva. Upon the occurrence of the Forbearance Termination Date, Holder may pursue any rights and remedies available to it under the Outstanding Notes or any other Transaction Document, or pursuant to law or otherwise, with respect to any Events of Default that have then occurred and are continuing (including the Subject Defaults), including, but not limited to, imposing a default rate of interest, demanding immediate repayment of the Obligations or pursuing any or all other rights and remedies of the Holder under the Transaction Documents or applicable law. For greater certainty, and notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, nothing contained in this Section 6 or elsewhere in this Amendment shall be deemed a waiver of any condition precedent set forth in Section 2.5 of the SPA to the Holders obligation to purchase Notes at any Mandatory Tranche Closing or any Optional Tranche Closing under the SPA.

 

  7.

Release. In further consideration of the Holder’s execution of this Agreement, each of the Company Parties, on behalf of itself and its successors, assigns, parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents and attorneys, hereby forever, fully, unconditionally and irrevocably waives and releases the Holder and its successors, assigns, parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, employees, attorneys and agents (collectively, the “Releasees”) from any and all claims, liabilities, obligations, debts, causes of action (whether at law or in equity or otherwise), defenses, counterclaims, setoffs, of any kind, whether known or unknown, whether liquidated or unliquidated, matured or unmatured, fixed or contingent, directly or indirectly arising out of, connected with, resulting from or related to any act or omission by the Holder or any other Releasee, on or prior to the date hereof, with respect to the Transaction Documents (collectively, the “Claims”). Each Company Party further agrees that none of them shall commence, institute, or prosecute any lawsuit, action or other proceeding, whether judicial, administrative or otherwise, to prosecute, collect or enforce any Claim.


  8.

Representations and Warranties of the Company Parties. Each of the Company Parties represents and warrants, severally and jointly, to the Holder that:

 

  a.

Authorization; Enforcement. Each of the Company Parties has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the respective Company Parties and the consummation by each of them of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of each such Company Party and no further action is required by any Company Party in connection herewith. This Agreement has been duly executed by each Company Party and, when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute the valid and binding obligation of each such Company Party enforceable against each such Company Party in accordance with its terms, except as limited by general equitable principles and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally.

 

  b.

No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company Parties of this Agreement does not and will not: (i) conflict with or violate any provision of such Company Party’s certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents, (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of any Company Party, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, securities purchase agreement, debt or other instrument (evidencing Indebtedness of any Company Party or otherwise) or other understanding to which any Company Party is a party or by which any property or asset of any Company Party is bound or affected, or (iii) conflict with or result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any court or Governmental Authority to which a Company Party is subject (including federal and state securities laws and regulations), or by which any property or asset of a Company Party is bound or affected; except in the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), such as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

  c.

Absence of Defaults. Other than the Subject Defaults, no Event of Default has occurred or is continuing, and each Company Party has complied in all material respects with its respective obligations under the Transaction Documents.

 

  d.

Rule 144. For the avoidance of doubt, and to the extent applicable, the Company Parties acknowledge and agree that the holding period for purposes of Rule 144 under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of each of the Outstanding Notes and Warrants is not affected by this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby and tacks back to October 12, 2021, in the case of the First Tranche Note and the First Warrant, and January 28, 2022, in the case of the Second Tranche Note and the Second Warrant.


  9.

Deliveries and Other Conditions. In connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Company Parties shall deliver to the Holder the following:

 

  a.

on the date of this Agreement, a duly executed PDF copy of this Agreement (and, promptly after the date hereof, “wet ink” originals of Company Parties’ signature pages to this Agreement);

 

  b.

the Company will reimburse the Holder’s legal fees and other expenses in connection with this Agreement and the Subject Defaults in an amount equal $25,000; and

 

  c.

such other documents, confirmations, agreements or other instruments reasonably requested by Holder.

 

  10.

Transaction Documents. This Agreement is a Transaction Document.

 

  11.

No Modification. Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, nothing shall be deemed or construed to amend, supplement or modify the Transaction Documents or otherwise affect the rights, remedies and/or obligations of any party thereto, all of which remain in full force and effect.

 

  12.

Successors and Assigns; Survival. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon each of the parties hereto, and each of their respective successors and assigns. The representations and warranties of the Company Parties and the Holder shall survive the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

  13.

Governing Law.

 

  a.

Except as provided for in paragraph (b) below, this Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein.

 

  b.

To the extent that the provisions of this Agreement relate to the Account Assignment Agreement, the Control Agreement or any other Swiss law governed Security Document or any security or lien created thereunder, such provisions shall in all respects, including all the rights in rem aspects, be governed by and construed in accordance with the substantive laws of Switzerland, without regard to the principles of conflict of laws, and with respect to any dispute arising out of or in connection with such provisions, the jurisdiction clause contained in the Account Assignment Agreement, the Control Agreement or other relevant Swiss law governed Security Document shall apply mutatis mutandis.


  14.

Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which shall constitute one and the same agreement, and any party hereto may execute this Agreement by signing and delivering one or more counterparts. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Agreement electronically or by facsimile shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Agreement.

 

  15.

Announcement. The Company shall file a Form 6-K announcing the terms of this Agreement and filing this Agreement as an exhibit thereto on or before 5:30 p.m. (local time in New York, New York) on the Business Day after the date of this Agreement. Following the filing of such Form 6-K the Holder shall not be deemed to be in possession of any material, non-public information of the Company.

[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

OBSEVA SA
By:  

/s/ Will Brown

Name: Will Brown
Title: CFO
OBSEVA USA INC.
By:  

/s/ Will Brown

Name: Will Brown
Title: CFO
OBSEVA IRELAND LTD.
By:  

/s/ Fabien de Ladonchamps

Name: Fabien de Ladonchamps
Title: Director
OBSEVA EUROPE BV
By:  

/s/ Fabien de Ladonchamps

Name: Fabien de Ladonchamps
Title: CAO
JGB (CAYMAN) PORT ELLEN LTD.
By:  

/s/ Brett Cohen

Name: Brett Cohen
Title: President